IGES Open Seminar: Resource Management and 3R: Towards Sustainable Asia

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Open Seminar
Resource Management and 3R: Towards Sustainable Asia
11 March 2009, Tokyo

The “Open Seminar Resource Management and 3R - Towards Sustainable Asia” was held on 11 March. These seminars were organised by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, UNEP and Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED) IGES, as the secretariat, planned and supported these events.

With 200 participants, the open seminar introduced the impacts of Asian economies on the global environment and on resource issues. The direction of a solution through the implementation of sustainable resource management and the 3Rs was also discussed.

Date

11 March 2009

Venue

Mita Conference Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2-1-8 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073 Japan

Organisers

Ministry of the Environment, Japan;
United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP);
Asia Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED)

Participants

200

Agenda


13:00	Opening Remarks
	Dr. Tetsuo Saito, Minister of the Environment, Japan Read by Dr. Ryutaro Yatsu, Director General, Waste Management and Recycling Department, Ministry of the Environment of Japan
13:10-13:25	Keynote speeches
	Can Japan be a leader for innovation for sustainable development? Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Chair of the APFED, Former Minister of the Environment and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs What is decoupling and how it relates to our globalized society? Prof. Ernst U. von Weizsacker, Co-chair of UNEP International Resource Panel 1.8MB Pictures shown in presentations must not be further distributed without copyright clearance
13:45-15:15	Session 1: Asia's Economic Growth and Sustainable Resource Management Chair: Dr. Emil Salim, Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Indonesia
	UNEP's work on sustainable resource management and the 3Rs Mr. Bas de Leeuw, UNEP/DTIE 476KB APFED showcase of sustainable resource management Dr. Kim Myung Ja, President of the Green Korea 21 Forum, the Visiting Distinguished Professor at KAIST, former Minister of the Environment, Republic of Korea Metal, recycling and sustainable Asia Dr. Yuichi Moriguchi, NIES, Japan The industrial transformation of developing Asia: a challenging biophysical environment for sustainable resource use policies Dr. Heinz Schandl, Senior Scientist, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Australia 2.4MB Q & A
15:15-15:30	Break

15:30-16:50	Session 2: Strategic Promotion of the 3Rs in Asia Chair: Prof. Hironori Hamanaka, Chair of the Board of Directors, IGES
	Promotion of the 3Rs in Asia to create sound material cycle in our society Ms. Keiko Omori, Office of Sound Material Cycle Society, Waste Management and Recycling Department, Ministry of the Environment of Japan 1.6KB(Japanese only) Climate co-benefits of the 3Rs in Asia Dr. Magnus Bengtsson, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies 187KB Progress of National 3R Strategy Development in Developing Asia Mr. Kazunobu Onogawa, UNCRD 566KB Incentives and co-benefits on 3Rs implementation in the context of Developing Countries, Dr. Qwanrudee Chotichanathawewong, Assistant President, Thai Environment Institute 87KB Panel Discussion
16:50-17:00	Closing Remarks
	Prof. Hironori Hamanaka, Chair of the Board of Directors, IGES

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